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Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum



Family: Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Authority: (Rothschild,1903)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is confined to a moderately small range in Peninsular Malaysia and (marginally) Peninsular Thailand, and probably has a small population size. Within its range it is suspected to be declining slowly due to habitat loss (especially for road infrastructure) and some localised hunting. Nonetheless it is buffered from the worst of these threats by its remote and largely inaccessible range. Consequently, it is considered Near Threatened.



Population size: 2500-20000, 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 28,500 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mountain-peacock-pheasant-polyplectron-inopinatum on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.